Discipinarity, Interdesciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity: Links and Limits (II)

Abstract

This paper deal with the development of knowledge in general and the science in particular. We go through the ages thinking about global or predisciplinar knowledge and men we deal with the dominant paradigm in the XVII and XVIII centuries. We well upon difficulties and limitations of the XIX's science paradigm and and the effort to solve them by means of the interdisciplinary sight. But this does not resolve the wrong of not considering life problems as a whole.

Afterwards, we look into the concept of transdisciplinarity which intends to consider what is "between" "through" or "beyond" the concept of science. Nevertheless, this view comes up against disciplinarity and interdesciplinarity paradigm. We draw also a parellel between the Quantum theory and transdisciplinarity, since both of them face paradoxes. Finally we emphasize on the long way back to the concept of prediscipiinarity in which we can find many positive characters without completely renouncing to tilings the subsequent paradigm have developed.